PowerPoint for beginners
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In London
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Location
London
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Different dates available
On this course you will learn how to use the most essential features of PowerPoint so you can create an attractive and effective presentation. You will learn how to make it interesting to the audience and visually appealing – for example by changing the font type, size and colour, using different styles or slide backgrounds. You will learn about different design templates, how insert and edit images, how to make words and images appear and disappear. You will also learn how to add presenter notes and print out slides and handouts.
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About this course
• Identify features that make a presentation effective and attractive• Create a well-designed slide show using text and graphics• Use formatting features to enhance the appearance of a slideshow.• Apply animation and slide transitions• Apply preset slide design• Add, delete, copy and re-ordering slides• Add presenter notes• Print presentations in different formats.• Produce and edit various objects in a presentation.
There are no additional costs attached to this course. You will need to bring your own pens to make your notes and a USB flash drive is advisable.
This will be a practical hands-on course. Each student has their own computer and you will be encouraged to practice as much as possible. An interactive whiteboard will help make demonstrations easy to understand. It will be a relaxed learning environment and step by step learning will help you become more skilled. You will have lots of opportunities to ask questions and address areas you need help in.
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Subjects
- Powerpoint
- Presentation
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Ballet
- Design
- Ms PowerPoint
Course programme
• • The key features of creating an effective PowerPoint presentation so it is both engaging to the audience and is well-designed
• Enhancing the appearance of presentations using font size, colour, style or slide background, line spacing, bullets and numbering and shadow effect
• Working in different views such as normal view, slide sorter and slide show
• Adding, deleting, copying, moving and re-ordering slides
• Applying design templates
• Applying visual effects such as animation and transition effects so texts and images appear and disappear
• Inserting and editing images
• Adding presenter notes
• Printing slides, handouts and notes.
Additional information
There are many courses you can do after this course or at the same time. These include:
• Powerpoint for the work or study (intermediate)
• An Introduction to Word
• Word for the workplace (intermediate)
• Excel: essentials
• Introduction to Excel
• ECDL Level 1 (Assessment needed)
• IT Skills for the Office: an introduction
There are many other courses you can do, including our range of Complete Courses for Beginners.
For most courses, you will need to assess your own suitability. You can call 020 7492 2511 for more advice. You will need to attend an advice and assessment session for all courses with a qualification. Call 020 7492 2511 to arrange this.
General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00.
See the course guide for term dates and further details
PowerPoint for beginners